From outside the tent, the mercenaries of the Seven or Eight Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment instantly poured in, and they were holding sabers and looking serious, surrounding Field, Coss, and Greif.

Greif immediately reached for the huge harpoon behind his back, but Feyd held his hand down.

"I've long suspected that you, a guy of unknown origin, have sent someone to follow us!" The man next to Eddie pointed at Fidel, glaring, and a mouthful of saliva sprayed on Fidel's face

Eddie, who was sitting in the middle, did not make a move, and did not put down the wine glass he picked up, nor did he mean to drink the wine in the glass.

"Hey, look at who they are. Xue Rui bent her neck, pointed at Kesi with a knife, and said: "This woman looks powerless, and she looks like a village girl, but she looks like a peugeot, delicate skin, and an arrogant expression, and she looks like a noble lady." ”

Kesi nodded to her at what she said, expressing her gratitude for the compliment, but after thinking about it, she found that there was a hint of slander in the compliment, "Miss Ben can also be a mercenary!" she rolled her eyes and pouted.

"This one has such a big harpoon on his back, what spy have you ever seen with such a bulky weapon?" and that smells of stinky fish," Xue Rui stretched out his nose and sniffed hard, "It's the smell of fish blood, and it's not human, and if he has a big fishy smell on his body, then his part-time job is quite hard." ”

"Of course, I'm a real fisherman," Greif said. ”

Xue Rui swept the beef jerky residue spit out in front of her with her hand, and looked at Eddie with a questioning look, "Even if there are ten times more enemies like this, they are not our opponents." ”

Eddie still didn't respond, his hand holding the glass motionless. Greif started to put his other hand on his harpoon, and Grass said to Fed, "Hey, did you say something nasty to offend the captain of the other people, we are innocent, you see I don't even have a weapon on me!"

Feder let go of the hand that held Greif, and after his eyes touched Greif, he sat down on the spot, closed his eyes and said lightly, "I don't know the village girl and the fisherman, if you doubt me, tie me up." ”

"Who do you say is the village girl!"

Xue Rui accosted, "I just said that you are dressed like a village girl, this kid named Fei De is really bad." ”

Eddie waved his hand, exhaling heavily from his nostrils and lowering the glass in his hand. The mercenaries behind Klee and Greif immediately surrounded them with their sturdy bodies, and Greif was forcibly tied up before he even had a chance to touch the harpoon. Kesi didn't resist at all, and was firmly tied to the ground.

"Well, miss, this time it's a wolf in the mouth, this kid—" Greif whispered to Cash.

Even though the two of them behind him were tied tightly, Feide's expression still didn't change at all, and he didn't say a word.

"I'm not sure you're spies for the time being, but it's not easy to track down our cavalry squadron in this desert," Eddie looked at Fidel, "but I have a third question for you, so you're safe now." ”

The middle-aged man next to Eddie waved his hand to his men, and the mercenaries in the tent retreated, while everyone else looked at Fidel.

"The third question is, would you kill people for money, and why?"

Kesi reacted as quickly as possible, and hurriedly said: "Alas, it turns out that being a mercenary only needs to answer this kind of question? I'll answer it, I won't, I'm not short of money!"

Greif touched Kesi with his shoulder and said, "Miss, this is the last of the 'three questions for mercenaries', but this question is the only question that mercenaries from all continents will be asked. ”

It's really like Greif says, it's a question that everyone is asked before they become mercenaries. Knights kill for honor, regular soldiers kill for duty, mercenaries, always servants of money, tools for killing.

But Feder remembered that it was a bright morning, when his father had escorted all the merchants of the entire realm to the central square.

Fei De was about eight years old at the time, and he had seen it by sneaking around the square: all the merchants' possessions were placed in the middle of the square, and those who did not want to surrender their possessions were beheaded.

The color of that picture was simple and monotonous, just like what Field's art teacher had taught him: red.

Actually, it's blood.

It's the color of my father's blood-red cloak.

Later, he was spotted by his father when he peeked from a distance. Perhaps it was because he wanted to educate his son, or perhaps it was out of his own inner faith, or perhaps Faulkner just regarded Felder as one of all the people of the kingdom, and Faulkner took the head of one of the merchants who lived next door to their house and walked over to Fett.

"This man's fortune is enough for two years' food supply for a castle," Faulkner looked at his son with a blank expression, "but this man is not willing to save the soldiers of the kingdom who are cold and hungry, he would rather see them have no strength to fight, lose the country's castle, or even starve to death." ”

Fett was too young at the time, had few friends, and was not good at words, so he couldn't think of how to respond to the head of the knight in front of him.

Faulkner tossed his head aside: "Every subject of the kingdom of Sallins has an obligation, a duty to protect the country. ”

"Duty, responsibility. Feder thought to himself.

"And those who make a lot of money don't care about protecting their soldiers all the time, just pay that meager tax, and our country will be defeated. ”

"Soldiers, countries. Feder thought silently in his heart.

"When the time comes, these fellows will die the same, and every subject of the kingdom will not escape their fate. Therefore, son, you must remember that it is your duty and obligation to kill one and save ten thousand, and this is the mission of every citizen of the kingdom. And the meaning of money is nothing more than so that the people who protect us have clothes to wear and food to eat. ”

"Duty, responsibility, mission. Eight-year-old Fielder meditated again in his heart.

The man next to Eddie saw that Feder hadn't answered Eddie's third question for several minutes, and he gestured to Eddie with his eyes: Could it be that he was trying to stall for time?

"Nope. Fide said suddenly.

"Didn't stall?!" the man shouted subconsciously, surprised to think that Feder had read his inner thoughts.

"There's no point, there's no point in killing people to make money, I won't kill people to make money," Fei De opened his eyes, the black pupils were like a bottomless abyss, pure black, "I don't need money, I don't need to make money, I want to join your group because I want to find an answer, and if the process of searching needs to kill, then killing is just an accessory." ”

Eddie nodded. Keth laughed when she heard this, and seemed satisfied with Field's answer, but she began to wonder what the answer was for the guy.

Xue Rui said: "You must know that every guy who is a mercenary is in it for money, and your answer may not meet the conditions of a normal mercenary." ”

Greif also said on the side: "Mercenaries generally give ordinary people the impression that they kill people and sell goods, and survive for money, which is also the only mercenary order in the chaotic continent now." Using money to control 'a knife' is the easiest and most effective way. ”

When Shelly heard Greif describe himself as a knife, she tried to retort, but swallowed back the words in her heart.

"Now that you've answered all the questions, it's just a matter of waiting for us to decide whether or not you can join our mercenary group," Eddie said to Fidel, "but before I do that, I'll introduce you to this man next to me, the warden of our squadron, Mr. Reeves." ”

Only then did Kesi take a serious look at the middle-aged man, who was not striking: ordinary fur and sparse hair—a sign of baldness, and features that were inconspicuous in the crowd. Just an ordinary person. Kesi came to a conclusion.

Eddie: "The Warden is in charge of the control of the mercenaries, so everything except for the mission must be consulted by Mr. Reeves." ”

Reeves crossed his hands on his chest, and his face was full of distrust for the three people in front of him: "It's up to you to decide whether this person wants him to join or not, but the enchanted black armor on his body is very suspicious, and ordinary countrymen can't buy such goods even if they have saved ten lifetimes." ”

"Hehe, I'm curious too!" Xue Rui had already eaten and wiped the meat knife clean.

Fylde was clearly reluctant to say much about his armor, and Eddie saw through it.

"I'll find out about this privately, as for whether Fei De can join us, I will explain to my superiors, let's go back quickly, plus the information we got this time, we can roughly grasp the information of that person." Eddie stood up and prepared to leave the tent, with Reeves following behind.

As Eddie walked briskly out of the tent, he glanced back at the two tied men and said, "These two men are indeed not your friends?"

"No," Fidel said lightly.

"Yes, we know him!" shouted Korth.

"Alright, let them loose, we'll leave at once anyway, they won't be able to catch up with us without horses, so leave them here." With that, Eddie and Reeves left the tent.

Xue Rui looked at the big harpoon and said, "It's hard for such a peugeot chick and a rugged uncle to get out of this desert, I'll leave a horse outside, don't crush it to death!"

"Great, thanks—" Before she could finish her words, Cherry kissed her on the cheek.

This sudden move made even Fed's expression of surprise.

"Let me kiss it, that's the price of that horse!" she laughed coquettishly at the blushing Kosi, and thought she was a fierce mercenary if she didn't listen to her voice.

She walked over to Fei De again and whispered in his ear, "We are all strange, none of the Moon Shield mercenaries are mercenaries for money, so I think you will definitely become our partner." ”